There is a very underdeveloped muscle among millennials, it is the triceps. This muscle directs arm extension, a movement used when giving something to someone. It is the opposite muscle of the biceps which is used to grip. A movement you make when you receive something.

So why do millennials have more developed biceps than triceps? Well quite simply because they received a lot. By receiving a lot from their early childhood to sometimes at very advanced age, their arms more often make the movement of pulling towards themselves causing development of the biceps. And naturally, being little asked to give, their triceps did not develop.

How could this phenomenon affect several generations? The question is to ask the parents. Because they are the ones who especially thought about giving without asking. We are not talking here about feeding, clothing or educating, we are talking about contributing. Allow children to understand that they too can give back within their means in order to develop their sense of sharing. Very curiously, the parents of these generations, which has not yet lacked anything, never stop giving without expecting or asking for a return. They therefore developed “Receiving” cells in their children’s brains and created an atrophy of “Giving” cells.

It’s not their fault. Millennials don’t even think about giving, it’s not part of their habits, there is no selfishness there. Only autism towards the other. Even thanking is not often part of their vocabulary.

Receiving, on the other hand, is normal. There is sometimes even impatience or annoyance if they do not receive what they think is due to them.

Today, employers who remember their own job interviews are surprised to see a millennial candidate very clearly state their requirements and decline an offer because one of their boxes is not checked. Or to resign after a short period on the grounds that the company does not provide them enough.

And what about impatience to inherit?

Indulging too much has consequences.

Don Carol